Why did Turkey threaten to let 3 million refugees flood into Europe because of the blocked negotiations on entering Europe?

Turkey threatened to let 3 million refugees flood into Europe, which was determined by Turkey's special geographical position.

Turkey's present territory spans Asia and Europe, including Asia Minor Peninsula in West Asia and Balkan Peninsula in South Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea in the south, the Black Sea in the north, the Aegean Sea in the west and Syria and Iraq in the southeast. Syrian refugees born as a result of the war have to go through Turkey in order to take refuge in Europe, which is the shortest route. Therefore, after the outbreak of the Syrian civil war (between government forces, rebels and Islamic State terrorist organizations), a large number of refugees flooded into Turkey, trying to enter European countries through Turkey. At present, the number of refugees stranded in Turkey has reached 3 million.

The picture shows Syrian refugees in Turkey.

If these 3 million refugees from Syria enter European countries, it will be a nightmare for Europe. Because providing basic food and clothing is only a stopgap measure, only by providing refugees with stable jobs can the refugee problem be solved once and for all. This not only requires European countries to increase spending to deal with the resettlement of refugees, but also needs to provide basic skills training and language training for refugees, and finally integrate refugees into the labor market. Of course, the most important thing is to maintain social stability and provide welfare protection for refugees, which will become a heavy economic burden for those countries with relatively difficult economies. In the end, it may pose a severe challenge to the welfare system of European countries, and then cause division within European countries, and of course the EU will also split.

The picture shows the distribution map of Turkey and EU.

Although 96% of Turkey's territory is located in Asia, the Ottoman Empire (whose capital is Constantinople, which is now Istanbul) ruled most of the Mediterranean 1000 years ago, and it has always claimed to be the heir of the Eastern Roman Empire. At this time, most of the territory was located in Europe. It was not until the defeat of the First World War and the division of the Ottoman Empire that Turkey was established and its territory became today's pattern. Therefore, Turkey has always believed that it is a European and should join the European Union. Turkey has been trying to prevent Syrian refugees from entering Europe, Alexandria. At this time, the European Parliament actually voted to suspend negotiations with Turkey and let it join the European Union, which made Turkey very angry. This is also the basis and reason for President Erdogan's threat to open the European border to 3 million Turkish refugees.